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The Catalogue

Pick a bar to narrow the shelf. Every panel below follows the same filter — the two charts, the plot, and the list of books — and each bar says how many books choosing it would leave you with.

3815 books on the shelf

3815 filed under a genre

16 genres

6 with no recorded year

For the same counts drawn as figures, see Statistics.

6 of them record no publication year at all — show those books.

Showing 115 of 3815 books, filtered by 2000–09 Word count 19,577 and up Number of pages up to 200 Clear all

Titles by genre

Each bar counts the books of that genre which survive the year filter, so it says what picking that genre would leave you with. The 0 books filed under no genre at all are in no bar here.

Titles by year published

The whole timeline, back to the catalogue's oldest book. The bars widen as they go back, because equal-width bars across four thousand years would press everything before 1900 into a single pixel — where the statistics page leaves those books out of its chart and says so in the caption, the explorer has to be able to reach them, so its bars change width instead of stopping. Each bar counts the books of that era which survive the genre filter.

Two measures at a time

The books above, as dots. 506 of the 712 carry both measures and can be plotted; a book missing a measure has no place on that axis, so it is left off rather than drawn at zero. Each axis covers the middle 98% of what is shown, with 14 books outside the frame.

The dots outside your ranges are still drawn, faded, so that you can see what you are narrowing from; the bars above and the list below obey the ranges. 206 of the 712 books in view carry no measure on a ranged axis, so no range can place them — take the ranges off to see them.

Point at a dot to see which book it is, and where it sits on each axis. Click one to open that book's own page of neighbours — the same book, in the middle of a map, with the books closest to it around it.

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

Number of pages

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Word count

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The 115 books that match

A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking, 2005 Children's
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10.1

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Adara by Beatrice Gormley, 2002 SciFi/Fantasy
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5.9

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A Dream of Freedom by Diane McWhorter, 2004 Nonfiction
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1220L

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9.1

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Aesop’s Fables by Jerry Pinkney, 2000 SciFi/Fantasy
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760L
After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson, 2008 Children's
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750L

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4.7

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A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff, 2004 Children's
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750L

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4.9

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All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins, 2000 Children's
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720L

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4.8

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Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone, 2009 Philosophy
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980L

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7.1

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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy, 2003 SciFi/Fantasy
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1130L

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9.0

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Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken, 2007 Fiction
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5.7

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A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, 2002 Children's
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920L

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6.6

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Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos, 2006 Historical Fiction
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790L

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4.8

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A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck, 2001 Children's
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670L

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4.5

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Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, 2000 Children's
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670L

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3.9

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Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, 2002 Historical Fiction
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890L

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5.6

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Beneath My Mother's Feet by Amjed Qamar, 2008 Fiction
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770L

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4.9

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Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming, 2003 Biography
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1000L

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8.0

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Bird by Angela Johnson, 2004 Fiction
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710L

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4.2

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Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2001 Nonfiction
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1040L

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8.1

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Blister by Susan Shreve, 2003 Fiction
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820L

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5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Blizzard by Jim Murphy, 2000 Nonfiction
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1080L
Building Big by David Macaulay, 2000 Nonfiction
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1260L

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9.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose, 2009 Biography
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1000L

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6.8

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Coraline by Neil Gaiman, 2002 SciFi/Fantasy
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740L

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5.1

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Courage to Run by Wendy Lawton, 2002 Historical Fiction
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4.8

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Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester, 2005 Historical Fiction
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4.8

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Eidi by Bodil Bredsdorff, 2009 Fiction
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810L

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5.2

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Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, 2001 Fiction
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950L

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5.8

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Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson, 2007 Historical Fiction
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710L

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4.4

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Fish by L.S. Matthews, 2004 SciFi/Fantasy
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910L

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5.4

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Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean, 2003 Fiction
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780L

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5.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Gossamer by Lois Lowry, 2006 SciFi/Fantasy
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660L

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4.4

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Harriet, The Moses of Her People by Sarah H. Bradford, 2006 Biography
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Heck Superhero by Martine Leavitt, 2004 Fiction
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610L

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4.2

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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2005 Biography
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1050L

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7.8

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Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan, 2000 Fiction
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800L

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5.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer, 2000 Fiction
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710L

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5.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis Brindell Fradin, 2000 Biography
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1140L

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8.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman, 2003 Nonfiction
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1270L

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10.7

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Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo, 2003 Fiction
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730L

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5.1

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Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos, 2000 Fiction
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800L

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4.9

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John Steinbeck by Catherine Reef, 2004 Biography
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980L

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7.2

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Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Willis Holt, 2003 Fiction
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690L

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4.4

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2000 Biography
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1000L

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7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal, 2005 Nonfiction
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1140L

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8.7

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Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles, 2002 Fiction
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630L

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4.2

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Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff, 2003 Historical Fiction
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720L

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5.0

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Marie Curie by Kathleen Krull, 2007 Biography
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1050L

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8.3

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Me and Rupert Goody by Barbara O'Connor, 2003 Fiction
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680L

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4.5

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Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War by Thomas B. Allen, 2009 Nonfiction
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1180L

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8.9

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My Name is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods, 2006 Historical Fiction
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780L

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4.4

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Nicholas and the Gang by René Goscinny, 2007 Fiction
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930L

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4.8

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Nim's Island by Wendy Orr, 2001 Fiction
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930L

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5.8

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Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff, 2000 Historical Fiction
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600L

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4.3

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Odd Man Out by Sarah Ellis, 2006 Fiction
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620L

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4.4

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Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life by Candace Fleming, 2005 Biography
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1040L

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8.0

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Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS by Deborah Ellis, 2005 Nonfiction
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4.7

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Path to the Pacific: The Story of Sacagawea by Neta Lohnes Frazier, 2007 Biography
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1170L

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7.1

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Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War by Jennifer Armstrong, 2005 Biography
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1200L

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8.8

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Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff, 2002 Fiction
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650L

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4.4

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Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters by Patricia C. McKissack, 2006 Fiction
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790L

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4.8

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Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat, 2006 Fiction
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620L

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4.4

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Raiders from the Sea by Lois Walfrid Johnson, 2003 Historical Fiction
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4.5

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Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest, 2007 Fiction
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670L

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4.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Revenge of the Whale: True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick, 2002 Nonfiction
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1170L

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8.3

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Rex Zero and the End of the World by Tim Wynne-Jones, 2006 Fiction
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680L

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4.1

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Rules by Cynthia Lord, 2006 Fiction
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670L

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3.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev, 2003 Historical Fiction
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570L

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4.0

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Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi, 2000 Fiction
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810L

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5.0

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Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker, 2005 Nonfiction
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1060L

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8.2

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Seek by Paul Fleischman, 2003 Fiction
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4.7

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Sigmund Freud by Kathleen Krull, 2006 Biography
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1080L

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8.6

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Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal, 2002 Nonfiction
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1040L

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7.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Six Innings: A Game in the Life by James Preller, 2008 Fiction
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690L

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4.5

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Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac, 2001 Fiction
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730L

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4.8

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Stand Tall by Joan Bauer, 2002 Fiction
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590L

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3.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, 2001 Fiction
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670L

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5.1

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Storm Warriors by Elisa Carbone, 2002 Historical Fiction
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890L

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5.5

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Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren, 2001 Nonfiction
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820L

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6.1

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Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection by Alma Flor Ada, 2006 Folk Tale
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6.0

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Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat, 2007 Biography
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870L

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5.8

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The Big House by Carolyn Coman, 2004 Fiction
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820L

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5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley, 2001 SciFi/Fantasy
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690L

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5.3

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The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain, 2005 Biography
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920L

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6.9

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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum by Candace Fleming, 2009 Biography
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980L

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7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali by Walter Dean Myers, 2001 Biography
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1030L

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7.8

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, 2007 Fiction
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950L

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5.9

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The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux, 2006 Fiction
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760L

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5.3

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The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West by Gary Paulsen, 2006 Historical Fiction
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950L

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5.8
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming, 2008 Biography
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1050L

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8.1
The Mystery of the Periodic Table by Benjamin Wiker and Jeanne Bendick, 2003 Science/Math
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8.5

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The Mzungu Boy by Meja Mwangi, 2005 Fiction
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700L

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4.5

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The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich, 2008 Historical Fiction
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840L

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5.6

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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose, 2004 Nonfiction
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1150L

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7.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The River Between Us by Richard Peck, 2003 Historical Fiction
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740L

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4.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz, 2006 Fiction
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920L

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5.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Connor, 2009 Fiction
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750L

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4.5

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The Story of David Livingstone by Vautier Golding, 2007 Biography
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The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck, 2004 Historical Fiction
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750L

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4.7

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The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales, 2005 Fiction
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830L

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4.6

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The Trouble Begins by Linda Himelblau, 2005 SciFi/Fantasy
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590L

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3.6

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The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry, 2008 Fiction
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790L

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5.2

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The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin, 2006 Fiction
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690L

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4.2

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Totally Joe by James Howe, 2005 Fiction
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850L

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5.1

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales by Ellen Datlow, 2009 Folk Tale
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880L

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5.6

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Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Mitch Frank, 2005 Nonfiction
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1130L

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8.7

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Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America by Deborah Hopkinson, 2006 Biography
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1060L

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7.0

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Up on Cloud Nine by Anne Fine, 2003 Fiction
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700L

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4.6

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Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, 2001 Biography
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1100L

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7.6

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Whales on Stilts by M.T. Anderson, 2005 SciFi/Fantasy
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760L

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4.6

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, 2009 Fiction
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750L

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4.5

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Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker, 2009 Nonfiction
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1140L

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9.0

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin, 2009 Nonfiction
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1040L

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7.4

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Young Thomas Edison by Sterling North, 2009 Biography
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1150L

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8.5

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Younguncle Comes to Town by Vandana Singh, 2006 Fiction
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920L

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5.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)